Yesterday blog GorillavsBear posted the newest song from jumbled and distorted lo-fi Georgia band Washed Out. From his Tour Only album, “Untitled” reminds me, an impatient New Yorker on the brink of spring, of summertime. Ernest Greene, who is Washed Out, currently has the EP Life of Leisure via Mexican Summer Records, a tape, Washed Out, released through Charleston, SC’s Mirror Universe Tapes, and a 7″ available through Lovepump United Records that features Washed Out remixing Brooklyn-band Small Black’s “You’ll See It” on Side A and Small Black remixing Washed Out “Despicable Dogs” on Side B.
For our Baltimore readers – check out Washed Out at Floristree this Wednesday, March 10. You can find out more here.
Washed Out – “Untitled” from Tour Only EP
Nickname: DLV, de la
Age: 25
City: Brooklyn, NY
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
Rilo Kiley – “Take Offs and Landings”
DJ Kicks: Erlend Øye
Explosions in the Sky – “The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place”
Her Space Holiday – “The Young Machines”
The Octopus Project – “One Ten Hundred Thousand Million”
(But really you should watch my last.fm if you want to keep up!)
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
I don’t really believe in marriage. Ain’t nobody gon hold me downnnn, oh no! I had a fake wedding on my 20th birthday, so in a way: been there, done that. But! I do believe in big parties, dancing, good music and good food. I’d probably have a FESTIVAL with all of my friends and bands I’ve worked with. It’d be like Waynestock. From Capybara to Trash 80 to friends from KDVS and I’d probably jump in with a dj set. You could probably trick me into getting married if you said “free whiskey.”
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
I’m too much of a child to even consider having one myself. If there was some kid that I needed to babysit, then it would be
Lullatone’s “Wake up Wake Up” for sure. I have two god daughters that are too cool for school.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
The 90’s y’all, when tv was at its finest. The jams were on 106.1 KMEL and it was a time when a majority of my family lived within a 5 mile radius in the East Bay (California).
What’s your favorite venue?
It would have to be
The Delta of Venus Cafe in Davis, CA. It was the go-to place for brunch when I was in college and the Caribbean food was killer. A good amount of Mushpot bands have had their release shows there. It just feels like home.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I’m really mad at you for even asking this question 1) because you just called me a hipster and 2) you said “wife” ! WTF, dude. But really, I’m up for adventure. I’ll try any food once, check out a new band or get a dumb tattoo with you (haven’t yet, Ma!). I suck at video games, but I’ll keep trying to beat you at Puzzle Fighter anyway.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
Well I guess if I needed to hangout with someone for “long term” or whatever (what? a week?), they’d need to put up with my obsession with Lost , cooking and music. I’ll always be coming home late from shows and waking up early because I’m incapable of sleeping. There might be weird organ meats, stinky cheese and oddly colored vegetables in the fridge. If you can’t hold your liquor, I totes won’t be able to look you in the eye. Oh and I don’t want to talk to you if you don’t like the internet. What good will it do if I can’t stalk you?
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Nickname: Katiebeth.
Age: 20.
City: Austin, TX.
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
mewithoutYou – Catch for Us the Foxes
Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica
Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
Radiohead – Kid A
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
I would die to hear ‘First Breath After Coma’ by Explosions in the Sky played as I walked down the isle. So, so intense.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
For a girl: ‘Lullaby’ by Loudon Wainwright III- so beautiful, and so cynical. For a boy: ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ by Simon & Garfunkel. Every boy should hear this growing up.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
The 1920s really fascinate me. I’d love to rock the bob, cigarette smoldering, listening to a swing band play amongst fireflies on Jay Gatsby’s lawn.
What’s your favorite venue?
The Way is my familiar stalking ground. The stained glass windows and graffiti have a lovely contrast, and the venue promoters aren’t dicks.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I don’t litter, have tattoos, cook vegetarian meals from scratch, curse like a sailor, smoke Parliament Lights, and am working towards a degree in World Literature at a Liberal Arts school. Need I say more?
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
A desire to create, a sense of originality/eccentricity, joie de vivre, dark features and a bit of mystery, love of wine and asian cuisine, and proprietary rights to at least one cardigan.
Nickname: Lindsey Mo
Age: 19
City: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Paul Simon- Graceland
Silver Apples- Contact
Prints-Prints
What band would play at your ideal wedding?:
I think nothing says love and happiness like some Four Tops. Plus, I’m a pretty old school girl.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?:
I think I’d definitely play the entire Bookends album. That seems like a great way to start off anyone’s life and its how I started mine.
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?:
I feel a strong connection to the mid fifties through mid sixties. I think there was a lot going on there politically that I wish I was a part of.
What’s your favorite venue?:
I have to rep my home state, NC, and say Yauhaus. But in Brooklyn, I’d definitely say Death By Audio and Silent Barn.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?:
Southern, southern, southern. I can cook, I can clean and I can party pretty hardy. I’m pretty witty and can make some great puns? I love playing video games and watching B movies.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?:
A beard. No, I’m kidding. Someone who makes me want to be stationary. Someone who has nice style. Being laid back and staying out of my hair is probably the most important thing though. I am taking 18 credits and I need someone who understands space!
Nickname: Ginny
Age: 22
City: somewhere in West Virginia
Top 5 Favorite Albums:
- Discovery – Daft Punk
- The Sunset Tree – The Mountain Goats
- Emotionalism – The Avett Brothers
- I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning OR Letting Off The Happiness – Bright Eyes
- anything by the Bloody Beetroots
What band would play at your ideal wedding?
Daft Punk.
If you had a kid, what would be the first song you played for it?
“No Lies, Just Love” by Bright Eyes
What decade are you most nostalgic for and why?
I guess the 90s. Life was easy and I hadn’t yet discovered credit cards. And all my favorite movies are from the 90s.
What’s your favorite venue?
The one with the open bar or cheapest drinks.
What qualities do you possess that would make you an ideal hipster wife?
I’m funny, easy to get along with, hate arguing and I haven’t been married or had any kids yet.
What do you look for in a potential hipster husband?
As long as he isn’t a jerk and keeps me entertained, I’m not too picky. Oh, and he has to like horses.
